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Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
India’s Active Caseload further dips to 4.35% of Total Cases
Daily Recoveries outnumber daily New Cases for the past 7 Days
More than 0.9 Cr Cumulative Recoveries registered
India’s active caseload has fallen to 4.35% mark today from 4.44% yesterday.
Continuing with the trend of the last 7 days, India has reported more daily recoveries than the daily new cases during the past 24 hours. The trend of more daily recoveries than the daily cases has led to a continuous contraction of India’s Active Caseload which presently stands at 4,16,082 today.
While 36,595 persons in India were found to be infected with COVID, 42,916 new recoveries were registeredduring the same period. The difference of 6,321 between new recoveries and new cases has led to a net decline of 6,861 cases from the total Active Caseload in the last 24 hours.
India still continues to have one of the lowest cases per million population in the world  much lower than many other countries of the Western Hemisphere.
The Recovery Rate has improved to 94.2% today. The total recovered cases stand at 90,16,289. The gap between Recovered cases and Active cases is steadily increasing andpresently stands at 86,00,207.
80.19% of the new recovered cases are contributed by ten States/UTs.
Maharashtra leads with 8,066 persons recovering from COVID while Kerala recorded 5,590 recoveries. Delhi registered another 4,834 daily recoveries
Ten States/UTs have contributed 75.76% of the new cases.
Kerala reported 5,376 cases in the last 24 hours. Maharashtra registered 5,182 new cases yesterday while Delhi recorded 3,734 new cases.
540 case fatalities that have been reported in the past 24 hours. 77.78% of them are from Ten States/UTs.
21.29% of new fatalities reported are from Maharashtra which reported 115 deaths. Delhi also saw a fatality count of 82 while West Bengal reported 49new deaths.
When compared globally, India has one of the lowest case fatalities per million population .
Prime Minister's Office
PM conveys Nav Samvatsar greetings
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has greeted everyone on the occasion of Nav Samvatsar.
The Prime Minister tweeted;
“देशवासियों को नव संवत्सर की असीम शुभकामनाएं।”
Prime Minister's Office
Delighted to hold talks with President of European Commission, Ursula von der leyen today: PM
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi held talks with President of European Commission, Ursula von der leyen today in New Delhi.
The Prime Minister tweeted about the talks;
"Delighted to hold talks with President of @EU_Commission @vonderleyen earlier today. We reviewed the full range of India-EU ties including economic and cultural linkages"
Ministry of Women and Child Development
Nutritional Support to Children During Corona Period
To ensure continuous nutritional support to beneficiaries including children, Anganwadi Workers and Helpers distributed Supplementary Nutrition at the doorsteps of beneficiaries once in 15 days during the Covid-19 pandemic period. To limit the impact of the pandemic, all Anganwadi Centres across the country were closed. Further, Anganwadi workers also assisted the local administration in community surveillance, creating awareness as well as other work assigned to them from time to time.
Government has accorded high priority to the issue of malnutrition and is implementing several schemes like Anganwadi Services, Scheme for Adolescent Girls and Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana  under the Umbrella Integrated Child Development Services  Scheme as direct targeted interventions to address the problem of malnutrition in the country.
Details of funds released under POSHAN Abhiyaan and ICDS Scheme from FY 2018-19 to 2020-21.
Amount in ₹ lakhs
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Total Central Funds released from FY 2018-19 to FY 2020-21
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POSHAN Abhiyaan
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ICDS scheme
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5,31,279.08
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26,10,031.55
The schools remain closed for the major part of 2020-21 in most of the States as a precautionary measure to contain the spreading of Corona virus among children. Keeping in view the legal entitlements of children under National Food Security Act , 2013 and directions of Hon’ble Supreme Court of India, the Department of School Education & Literacy, issued the following advisories to States and UTs to provide Food Security Allowance, comprising of food grains, dry ration of pulses, oil etc. to enable children to meet their nutritional requirement in order to safe guard their immunity: -
- Advisory on provision of Food Security Allowance  comprising of food grains and cooking cost during closure of schools was issued on 20th March, 2021.
- Advisory along with guidelines for providing FSA even during summer vacations as a one-time special measure considering the extraordinary circumstances was issued on 29th April, 2020.
- Advisory on continued provision of FSA comprising of food grains and pulses, oil etc.  till the time schools are open was issued on 31st July, 2020.
Government of India fully supported the States and UTs in providing the Food Security Allowance and released Rs. 12882.11 crore to States and UTs as central assistance as per the extant sharing pattern. Further, 34.45 lakh MT food grains were allocated to States and UTs. In addition to this, States and UTs have also provided their minimum mandatory share of about Rs. 5826.96 crore. About 11.80 crore children have benefited under the scheme studying in 11.20 lakh school during 2020-21.
This information was given by the Union Minister of Women and Child Development, Smt. Smriti Zubin Irani, in a written reply in Rajya Sabha today.
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
COVID-19 UPDATE
220.11 cr Total Vaccine doses  have been administered so far under Nationwide Vaccination Drive
48,292 doses administered in last 24 hours
India's Active caseload currently stands at 2,570
Active cases stand at 0.01%
Recovery Rate currently at 98.8%
187 recoveries in the last 24 hours increases Total Recoveries to 4,41,45,854
175 new cases recorded in the last 24 hours
Daily positivity rate 
Weekly Positivity Rate 
91.13 cr Total Tests conducted so far; 2,01,690 tests conducted in the last 24 hours
Ministry of Finance
Finance Minister Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman chairs Pre-Budget consultation with Finance Ministers of States
The Union Finance Minister held the pre-budget consultations with the Finance Ministers of States and Union Territories  here today. The meeting was attended by Union Ministers of State , Chief Ministers, Deputy Chief Ministers, Lt. Governor of Jammu & Kashmir, Finance Ministers, Ministers and Senior Officers from the States/Union Territories and the Union Government.
The Secretary, Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance, welcomed all the participants to the meeting and informed the importance of this particular consultation for the ensuing Budget.
Most of the participants thanked the Union Finance Minister for financially supporting their States/Union Territories by enhancing borrowing limits, providing two advanced devolution installments and through Special Assistance for capital expenditure. The participants also gave numerous suggestions to the Union Finance Minister for inclusion in the Budget Speech. Union Finance Minister thanked the participants for their inputs and suggestions towards Budget 2023-24 and assured to examine each of the proposals.
Special Service and Features
1364 Live Star tortoises were Seized by Chennai Air Cargo Customs while being attempted to be smuggled out of India.
On 04.01.2022, based on specific intelligence, the Officers of Chennai Air Cargo Customs intercepted an export consignment suspected to contain wildlife species at Air Cargo Export Shed, Meenambakkam, Chennai which was destined for Malaysia.
As per Export Document , goods were declared as 230 Kgs of Live Crab. The subject shipment was Risk Management System facilitated which was not meant for examination. The Air Cargo Intelligence Officers intervened and examined the cargo. On examination of the shipment, it was found that 7 out of 13 packages were containing a total of 1364 live Indian Star Tortoises. These Star Tortoises are listed as an endangered species in CITES  Appendix-I and are covered under schedule-IV of the Wildlife  Act 1972. After the examination of shipment, the live star tortoises were handed over to the Tamil Nadu Forest Department for rehabilitation in their natural habitat.
Further investigation is in progress.
This is stated in a press release issued by the Shri. K.R. UDAY BHASKAR, PR. COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS, .
PIB Headquarters
V.Sudhakar appointed as DEAN of School of English Language Education
Prof. E. Suresh Kumar, Vice Chancellor, the English and Foreign Languages University, Hyderabad, appointed Prof. V. Sudhakar, Department of Education, School of English Language Education as Dean, today.
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Special Service and Features
926 grams of gold worth Rs. 44.5 lakhs seized by Chennai Air Customs. One arrested.
Based on intelligence, one Valentina Mary, 27 of Bangaluru who arrived from Dubai by Emirates flight EK-542 was intercepted at exit. On personal search, three packets of gold paste wrapped with white adhesive tape weighing 1.09 kg were found concealed in her innerwear. On extraction 926 grams of gold valued at Rs. 44.5 lakhs was recovered and seized under Customs Act. She was arrested.
926 grams of gold worth Rs. 44.5 lakhs was recovered and seized under Customs Act. One arrested.
Further investigation is under progress.
This is stated in a press release issued by Commissioner of Customs, Chennai International Airport.
Ministry of Railways
Shri Ashwini Vaishnaw, Union Minister for Railways, Communication, Electronics & Information Technology, assumes office in Rail Bhavan, Electronics Niketan & Sanchar Bhavan here today
Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modiji's vision is to transform the lives of the poor, marginalized communities, farmers, middle classes, youth, women and weaker sections of the society. – Shri Ashwini Vaishnaw
Railways, Communication and Technology touch the lives of all Indians. I will work to fulfill the Prime Minister’s vision. – Shri Ashwini Vaishnaw
Shri Ashwini Vaishnaw, Union Minister for Railways, Communication, Electronics & Information Technology, assumed office in Rail Bhavan followed by Electronics Niketan & Sanchar Bhavan here today i.e. 08th July, 2021
Shri Ashwini Vaishnaw  is a Member of Rajya Sabha from Odisha. He served the people of Sundergarh, Balasore, Cuttack and Goa. He earned Master’s in Technology from IIT Kanpur and MBA from Wharton. He brings a combination of skills in technology, finance and its application to weakest sections of society. He firmly believes in the philosophy of Antyodaya, i.e. transforming the lives of the marginalized sections of society.
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Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs 
Cabinet approves continuation of the Centrally Sponsored Umbrella Scheme of Integrated Development of Wildlife Habitats beyond 12th Plan
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has approved continuation of the Centrally Sponsored Umbrella Scheme of Integrated Development of Wildlife Habitats beyond the 12thPlan period from 2017-18 to 2019-20. The Scheme consists of Centrally Sponsored Scheme of Project Tiger , Development of Wildlife Habitats  and Project Elephant . The total outlay is Rs. 1731.72 crore as central share  from 2017-18 to 2019-20.
A total of 18 tiger range States, distributed in five landscapes of the country would be benefitted under the Project Tiger scheme. Similarly, for other two schemes, the coverage is entire country in case of Development of Wildlife Habitats  and 23 elephant range States for Project Elephant. It would foster wildlife conservation in general with specific inputs for tiger in Project Tiger area and elephant in Project Elephant area.
Besides immense environmental benefits and effective implementation of tiger conservation inputs in and around tiger reserves under Project Tiger, wildlife conservation inputs in Protected Areas & nearby areas under Development of Wildlife Habitats and Elephant conservation inputs in Project Elephant areas, the schemes would result in overall strengthening/ consolidation of tiger, elephant and wildlife conservation in the country.
The schemes would address the human wildlife conflict effectively. Besides, the communities opting for voluntary relocation from the Core/Critical Tiger Habitat  would be benefitted under Centrally Sponsored Scheme of Project Tiger  and 800 families under Centrally Sponsored Scheme of Development of Wildlife Habitat.
These schemes would generate employment opportunities resulting in economic upliftment of people in and around tiger reserves/ Protected Areas besides leading to reduction in natural resource dependency with substitution by clean energy use. It will generate direct employment of about 30 lakh mandays annually which shall include many local tribes besides non-tribal local workforce. People living in vicinity would also get indirect benefits. Local populace would get opportunities to serve as guides, driver, hospitality personnel and in other ancillary jobs. These schemes would foster imparting various skills towards making people self-dependent through various eco-development projects, thereby enabling them to go for self-employment.
These schemes would result in resource generation through tourist visits, thereby fostering in securing tiger source areas and other areas important for wildlife conservation, besides being helpful in sustaining life support systems as well as ensuring the food, water and livelihood security.
The implementation of the schemes would be done through the respective States in designated Tiger Reserves, Protected Areas and Elephant Reserves.
President's Secretariat
President of India presents Nari Shakti Puraskar for the years 2020 and 2021
The President of India, Shri Ram Nath Kovind, presented Nari Shakti Puraskar for the years 2020 and 2021 on the occasion of International Women’s Day at a function held at Rashtrapati Bhavan today .
Click here to see the list of Awardees
President's Secretariat
President of India's Greetings on the Eve of Christmas
The President of India, Shri Ram Nath Kovind has sent his greetings to all fellow citizens on the eve of Christmas.
In a message, the President has said, “On the auspicious occasion of Christmas, I extend my warm greetings and best wishes to all the fellow citizens, especially our Christian brothers and sisters.
Christmas is celebrated on the occasion of the birth anniversary of Lord Jesus Christ. This festival instills peace, harmony and compassion in the lives of people and also promotes unity & fraternity amongst members of the society. Jesus Christ’s message of love and compassion continues to inspire the entire humanity even today.
On this occasion, let us resolve to build such a society that is based on the values of justice and liberty by adopting the ideals and teachings of Jesus Christ in our lives”.
Click here to see the President's Message in Hindi
Ministry of Rural Development
Demand for Work under MGNREGS
Month-wise and State-wise details of employment demanded by households under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme , since March 2020 to 17 September, 2020 is given atAnnexure-I.
Month-wise and State-wise details of households that have been provided work under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme , since March 2020 to 17 September, 2020 is given atAnnexure-II.
The mandate of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005  is to provide at least 100 days of guaranteed wage employment in a financial year to every rural household whose adult member volunteers to do unskilled manual work.
As per the provision of the Act, the job has to be provided within 15 days of receipt of application or from the date on which the employment has been sought in the case of an advance application, which ever is later. If a beneficiary does not accept the offer, beneficiary will not be entitled for unemployment allowances. A detail of No. of Households Demanded work, No. of Households to whom work Offered and No. of Households Worked - March 2020 to 17 September 2020 is given below:
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No. of Households Demanded work, No. of Households to whom workOffered
and No. of Households Worked - March 2020 to 17 September2020
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Employment Demanded
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Employment Offered
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% Employment Offered against Demand
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Employment Generated
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% Employment Generated against Demand
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88842531
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88633305
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99.8%
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74701130
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84%
A total of 99.8% household have been offered employment against their demand during the period March 2020 to 17 September 2020. The States/UTs implement Mahatma Gandhi NREGA. There is provision of payment of unemployment allowances by State Governments, in case the household could not get job against the demand within 15 days from the date of application or from the date of employment in the case of an advance application.
This information was given in a written reply by the Union Minister of Rural Development & Panchayati Raj Shri Narendra Singh Tomar in Rajya Sabha today.
Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports
Sh. Anurag Singh Thakur inaugurates Multi Purpose Hall at SAI NSSC BENGALURU
The Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Anurag Singh Thakur inaugurated a multipurpose Indoor Hall at SAI Bangalore on Wednesday. It is of Size 35 X 42 m with a total covered area of 1785 Sq.m. and clear height of 12.5 m which shall facilitate various indoor games such as Volleyball, Badminton, Basketball, Table Tennis with sports lighting arrangements.
The flooring of the Multi Purpose Indoor Hall complies with International Standards. The total sanctioned amount is Rs. 8.87 Cr funded under the head of Khelo India.
Shri Thakur was welcomed in a traditional way by Sh. Jatin Narwal, IPS, Secretary SAI and Ms Ritu A Pathik, Regional Director SAI NSSC BENGALURU. Eminent athletes also graced the event. Thereafter he commenced the volleyball match with the first serve portraying his athletic endeavour.
In his speech the Minister mentioned the glorious wins of athletes in the past as well as congratulated the athletes who have qualified for the international events.
Thereafter he talked about Infrastructure Development at SAI NSSC Bengaluru.
He went on to sayb that Prime Minister has been very kind towards sports and sports persons with regards to sports budget allocated in this year's union budget which is considerably higher than previous years. He then talked about the tremendous influence of Khelo India scheme in building young athletes of the nation. The Minister then thanked the athletes who on directions of the Prime minister took time from their schedule and visited various schools to motivate the students to participate in sports, as part of Meet the Champion and Fit India School Week program
After his speech Shri Anurag Singh Thakur interacted with the athletes, Coaches and encouraged them to excel in the forthcoming events.
Ministry of Earth Sciences
Swachh Sagar, Surakshit Sagar campaign to celebrate International Coastal Cleanup Day
India has a rich marine history. The marine activities were first mentioned in the Rigveda and references to the interrelationships of the ocean, sea and rivers can be found in the Indian Puranas. The diverse evidence from Indian socio-spiritual traditions, literature, poetry, sculpture, painting and from archaeology attest to the great marine traditions of India.
India's coastline of more than 7,500 km reflects our vast ocean resources. Most importantly, the Indian Ocean is the only ocean named after a country, that is, India.
Human society has been continuously benefiting from the natural wealth of the sea and the ocean. However, in the recent times, the plastic litter mostly from the land based activities, tourism and fishing reach the coast and ocean through rivers and different waterways, posing a serious threat to the marine ecosystem. R&D efforts will be undertakento collect scientific data and information on Marine Litter in various matrices, such as coastal waters, sediments, biota, and beaches.
Globally, "International Coastal Clean Up Day" is celebrated on the third Saturday of September, every year.
This year on 17th September 2022, the Government of India along with other voluntary organizations, and the local society will run a cleanliness campaign "Swachh Sagar, Surakshit Sagar" along India’s entire coastline.
This campaign will include Ministry of Earth Sciences , Ministry of Environment Forest and Climate Change , Indian Coast Guard, National Disaster Management Authority  along with other social organizations and educational institutions.
This campaign will see massive public participation both physically and virtually, mainly to make awareness about reducing the marine litter, minimal use of plastics, segregation at source and waste management.
it will be the first-of-its-kind and longest running coastal cleanup campaign in the world with highest number of people participating in it. The participation of common man will convey the message of “Swachh Sagar, Surakshit Sagar” for the prosperity of not only coastal areas but also other parts of the country.
This year’s event also coincides with the celebrations of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav in 75thyear of the country’s independence; The coastal cleanup drive will be carried out at 75 beaches across the country.A 75 days long campaign will be launched from 03rd July 2022 to raise awareness about “Swachh Sagar, Surakshit Sagar” culminating on "International Coastal Cleanup Day" on 17thSeptember 2022.
A mobile app “Eco Mitram” has been launched to spread awareness about the campaign and also for the common people for voluntary registration for the beach cleaning activity on the 17thSeptember 2022.
Through this campaign, a mass behavioural change among the masses is intended by raising awareness about how plastic usage is destroying our marine life.
AYUSH
POWER OF AYURVEDA AND YOGA
AYUSH Sanjivani mobile app has been developed by Ministry of AYUSH and has documented the impact assessment of effectiveness, acceptance and usage of AYUSH advisories & measures in the prevention of COVID-19 through Mobile app base population study in around 1.35 crores respondents and analysis of 7.24 lakh public data revealed that 85.1% of the respondents reported use of AYUSH measures for prevention of COVID-19, among which 89.8% respondents agreed to have benefitted from the practice of AYUSH advisory.
In order to create awareness amongst the people about the power of Ayurveda and other AYUSH systems, the following steps were taken by the Ministry of Ayush:
- Launched a three month campaign on “Ayush for Immunity” through webinar and also publishing campaign bulletin on AYUSH for immunity. More than 50 thousand people participated in the webinar.
- Released Ayurveda, Unani and Siddha preventive measures for self care during COVID-19 and Guidelines for Ayush Practitioners for COVID-19 Patients in Home Isolation.
- Released Home Care guidelines for children and Advisory for AYUSH practitioners about prophylactic care in Children during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Ministry of Ayush is making constant efforts to undertake various measures to contain COVID-19 pandemic.As a part of “AzadikaAmrit Mahotsava-India@75”celebration, Ministry of Ayush has launched nationwide activities for distribution of AyushProphylactic medicines for boosting immunity in general population, namely SamshamaniVati and AshwagandhaVati, from 30th August, 2021 and will continue till 15th August, 2022.
The Ministry of Ayush has issued the National Clinical Management Protocol based on Ayurveda and Yoga for the management of COVID-19. In this protocol, Ayurvedic formulations viz. Guduchighanvati, Guduchi-Pippali and AYUSH-64 have been suggested for the management of asymptomatic cases of COVID-19 whereas Guduchi-Pippali and AYUSH-64 have been suggested for the management of mild cases of COVID-19.
This information was given by Minister of Ayush Shri Sarbananda Sonowal in a written reply in Lok Sabha today.